Geography - note:
largest country in Africa; dominated by the Nile and its tributaries
People Sudan
Population:
41,236,378 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 42.7% (male 8,993,483/female 8,614,022)
15-64 years: 54.9% (male 11,327,679/female 11,297,798)
65 years and over: 2.4% (male 536,754/female 466,642) (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 18.3 years
male: 18.1 years
female: 18.5 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.55% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
34.53 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
8.97 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.15 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2006 est.)